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...Jimmy is the closest thing we have to a complete player," says Segura. "He can do everything." Most pros agree. Says Marty Riessen: "Jimmy has oodles of talent." While Connors lacks Newcombe's power serve (in fact, Jimmy's serve is the weakest part of his game), he is a master of approach shots, top-spin lobs and overhead smashes. But the keys to his game are his ground strokes, particularly service returns. "When Jimmy gets grooved returning serves, he's really dangerous," says Stan Smith, co-ranked No. 1 with Connors last year. Tennis experts agree that Connors' chances...
...more people might be for him if they knew Connors off the court. Marty Riessen recalls: "Jimmy spent a night at my house in 1973. It was very pleasant. I could like him. He's a nice kid, but I can't get to him. None of us can. He's covered up by his mother and his manager." Evert, a more partisan observer, adds: "Inside Jimmy is a very gentle person. To outsiders, he's harder because he's been hurt by the press and crowds. There's no one he tells everything to, but in that 10% that...
...Reflecting an American tennis resurgence, Forest Hills has not had so many strong U.S. contenders in years. Wimbledon Champion Jimmy Connors is seeded No. 1, with Stan Smith ranked third, Arthur Ashe seventh and Marty Riessen eleventh. Behind them is a host of hungry players on the threshold of winning their first big tournament: Dick Stockton, Roscoe Tanner, Sandy Mayer and Brian Gottfried...
Dennis Ralston, Butch Buchholz and Marty Riessen all fell on the tournament's first day. Ron Holmberg, after beating South African Cliff Drysdale, blew his match with Stolle. And Pancho Gonzalez, the Old Wolf, fell apart, leading Australian Ken Rosewall 2-0 in the third set, then losing...
...while, prospects of a U.S. victory at Wimbledon looked reasonably bright-especially after Australia's Roy Emerson, the No. 2 seed, was beaten by an unseeded Yugoslav. But by week's end both Riessen and Richey had been eliminated, and Pasarell was the only American left. Finally, in the quarterfinals, Charlito also came a cropper, losing to Brazil's Thomas Koch, in five tough sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-8. At least the mercurial Puerto Rican had given the U.S., at a time when its tennis fortunes were down, a few shining...